Garment.



PATENTED MAR.20, 1906. L. REED. GARMENT. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 12, 1904.

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No. 815,933 I Specification f Letters lPatent. I I Patented March 20,11906 i Application filed llovomber 12, 1904. atrium. 232.450.

1 all wh it m y concern: I An abdominal su porter 9 is provided with Be it known that I, LAURA REED, a citizen buckles 10, ada to to be removably secured 5.5 of theUnited States, residing at Fremont, in to a belt 11. j he belt 11 is secured to the. T the county of Dodge and State of-Nebraska, lower end and forms a continuation of backhave invented certain new and usefulIm-a supporter 6 andisso formed as to set down Y rovements in Garments, of which thegfolover .the hips and serve as a skirt-supporter. owing is a specification Y To the, lower edges of abdominal supporter My invention relates to garments, and es- 9 are secured hose-supporters 12. ecially to that class of garments particu- From the foregoing-descri tion the opera 1o arly adapted for women s wear. I i tion of my garment will be cliaarly and easily The object of my invention is to provide a understood without a more extended descripgarment adapted for supporting various tion in relation thereto, and it will be readily other garments and various. parts of the per-. understood that this garment will serve the son. purposeaccomplished by a corset, especially e skirts and busts. The abpresent inventionconsists in the combination dominal supporter,'with its attached hose- I r and arrangement of parts, as will be herein"- supporters', is adapted to give the desired after more fully described, shown in the erect form. t accompanying drawings, and particularly It is obviousthat numerous changes may 20 pointe out in the appended claims, it being be made in the form and construction of my understood that changes in the form, proporimproved garment without departing from tion, size, and minor details'may be made the s irit of the invention or the scope of within -the sco e of the claims withoutdethe cl aims. I parting from ,t e s irit or sacrificing any of Having thus described my invention, what -2 5 the advantages of t e invention. I claim as novel, and desire tosecui'e by Let- In the drawings, Figure tie a front erters Patent, is-

' 1 g I spective view of my improved garment. ig. 1. A garment comprising a stiffened back- .8'of

2 .shows my improved garment in perspective sup ortlng member, shoulder-braces secured as Seen from the real! to 't e upper portion thereof, armpit-shields I 0 Like characters of reference designate corsecured at the front and back portions thereof 5 shoulder of the wearer and secured by straps the said arm it -shields, a belt member se 7 40 passing across the back toward the middle supporter.

res onding parts throughout both the views. to the said shoulder-braces, elastic bands f 1,

11 its pre erred embodiment my improved connecting the lower back ortion of the arm; 8 5 I garment consists of a pair of armpit-shields l, pit-shields to the stiffened ack portion, bust j I suspended by straps 2, passing over the supporters secured a'tjeither side thereof to 3, passing about the arm. The armpltcured to the owelfyel dpfortion of-the backshieldsl are secured tov the body by means of supporting member, an abdominal supporter; I a separable strap 4, assing about the front, secured to the said belt -member and hose-. I and straps 5, prefera ly composed of elastic, supporters secured to the. said abdominal and connected toa back-support 6 and adapt- 2. A garment comprising a stiffened back; I, I ed to serve as shoulder-braces. The. backsup orting member, means for supporting l I sup ort 6 is composed of several thicknesses said member about the body, armpiteshields. 1 of abric and between which are disposed connected to the upper portion. thereof,

' 45 bones or stiffening devices. 'To-the front shoulder-straps connected therewith." and,

edges of that section of the armpit-shield1 adapted to securethe same in 1position, and- I which rests against the body are secured bust-supporters secured to the ont edges of roof bustsupporters 7, referably com osed of a the armpit-shields. I fabric and detacha ly'joined at t eir inner 3. A garment comprising a stiffened back- I 50 ends. ,To make the garment more firm, supportlng member,- shoulder-straps conbraee straps 8" are secured to the shoulder: nected therewith at the upper ortion'therestraps 2 and to the upper edges ofgthe bustof, armpit-shields secured at t e1r front and supporters 7.- I rear portions to the sald shoulder-straps,

mist-supporters secured to the said shoulder straps and to the front edges ol the armpitshields, st ups connecting the bae-ksupportin; member with the rear portion of the armpit-shields, a belt seeured to the lower 0rlion ol' the lmel supporting member an an abdominal supporter secured to the said belt.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAURA REED.

Witnesses PEARL E. ALBERTSON, FRED II. RICHARDS 

